PARIS - Five people died Saturday when their private plane crashed a few moments after taking off from the Grenoble airport in southeastern France, local police said.

"There were five passengers. Five people died," police told AFP.

The plane crashed a few moments after taking off from the airport, in the village of Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux.

It was heading to Morocco and was due to make a stop in Spain, police sources said. The plane was registered in Morocco.